IP Library Granted Patent US 7,517,931
Granted Patent B2
US 7,517,931 · App. 11/259,055 · Granted Apr 14, 2009

Method for manufacturing rubber product

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Patent No.
US 7,517,931
App. No.
11/259,055
Granted
Apr 14, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for manufacturing a high-quality rubber product while preventing carbon black from separating from the rubber polymer and from reaggregating, without deteriorating the work environment, and the rubber product obtained by the method. The method for manufacturing a rubber product comprising preparing a rubber composition containing carbon black mixed in rubber by a rubber kneading procedure including a mastication process and a kneading process; and vulcanizing and molding the rubber composition to manufacture a rubber product, wherein, together with the carbon black, a monofunctional acrylic monomer is mixed in the rubber in the mastication process.

Claims (7)

1. A method for manufacturing a rubber product, comprising the steps of:

preparing a rubber composition containing carbon black mixed in rubber by a mastication process for masticating the rubber composition followed by a kneading process for kneading the rubber composition; and

vulcanizing and molding the rubber composition to manufacture a rubber product,

wherein, together with the carbon black, a monofunctional acrylic monomer is mixed in the rubber in the mastication process.

2. The method for manufacturing a rubber product according to claim 1 , wherein the content of the monofunctional acrylic monomer is from 0.2 to 10 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the rubber in the mastication process.

3. The method for manufacturing a rubber product according to claim 1 , wherein the rubber is at least one low-polarity rubber selected from the group consisting of ethylene-propylene-diene rubber, butyl rubber, natural rubber, isoprene rubber, ethylene-propylene rubber, and silicone rubber.

4. The method for manufacturing a rubber product according to claim 2 , wherein the rubber is at least one low-polarity rubber selected from the group consisting of ethylene-propylene-diene rubber, butyl rubber, natural rubber, isoprene rubber, ethylene-propylene rubber, and silicone rubber.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 20, 2014
From: TOKAI RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
To: SUMITOMO RIKO COMPANY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 034016/0613 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 27, 2005
From: IKEDA, HIDEHITO; OKADO, YOSHIO
To: TOKAI RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 017149/0191 →